The Essence of a Prophet

Level 90HeritageHeroic

Walkthrough

Follow Brother Lasca's guidance to defeat four turtle spirits across Norrath, then confront a resentful spirit and Alvik the Cold in Tower of Frozen Shadow for the Lodizal Shell Shield heritage reward.

How to start

Speak to Osh in Fina's Retreat in the Great Divide. You must first finish all Fina's Retreat quests through The End of an Era and receive mail to be offered this heritage quest.

Osh (quest start & turn-in)

Notes & prerequisites

Adventure level 90+ required.
Complete Returning to Osh and the full Fina's Retreat questline through The End of an Era.
Heroic difficulty — four turtle spirit encounters and Tower of Frozen Shadow.
Lasca's Beacon is used to contact Brother Lasca between turtle steps.

Steps

1. Speak with Brother Cato
Speak with Brother Cato near the Tears of Jade Spring.
- Brother Cato
Zone: The Village of Shin
2. Speak with Brother Lasca
Find Brother Lasca on the bottom floor of Edgewater Drains.
- From Freeport: enter The Thieves' Way, then The Serpent Sewer at 24, 1, 61, then Edgewater Drains at -243, 1, 11.
- Commonlands sewer entrance works for good-aligned players.
- Brother Lasca
- Thieves' Way entrance (from Freeport)
- Serpent Sewer entrance
Zone: Edgewater Drains
3. Defeat Nimbus, the air turtle spirit
Click the floating turtle near the Hidden Refuge to zone into the Realm of the Air Turtle, then defeat Nimbus.
- Nimbus is a level 90^ ghost turtle swimming in the pond under the waterfalls.
- Floating turtle (Tenebrous Tangle)
- Nimbus (air spirit)
Zone: Tenebrous Tangle · Realm of the Air Turtle
4. Defeat Delmar, the water turtle spirit
Use Lasca's Beacon, then click the floating turtle near the Trembling Lagoon entrance.
- The zone exit is on the island after defeating Delmar.
- Floating turtle (Feerrott)
- Delmar (water spirit)
Zone: Feerrott · Realm of the Water Turtle
5. Defeat Festus, the earth turtle spirit
Use Lasca's Beacon, then click the floating turtle behind the waterfalls near The Hidden Grotto.
- Floating turtle (Lesser Faydark)
- Festus (earth spirit)
Zone: Lesser Faydark · Realm of the Earth Turtle
6. Defeat Neci, the fire turtle spirit
Use Lasca's Beacon, then click the floating turtle near The Twin Tears.
- Floating turtle (Sinking Sands)
- Neci (fire spirit)
Zone: Sinking Sands · Realm of the Fire Turtle
7. Return to Osh
Use Lasca's Beacon one last time, then return to Osh at Fina's Retreat under the tent to the right as you zone in.
- Osh
Zone: Great Divide
8. Speak to a resentful spirit
Enter Tower of Frozen Shadow: Shadowed Corridors and speak to a resentful spirit on the second floor (the frozen library via the mirror).
- You can use a cleared instance for this step, but you will still need to reset and re-enter for the next stage.
- A resentful spirit (2nd floor library)
Zone: Tower of Frozen Shadow: Shadowed Corridors
9. Kill Alvik the Cold
Kill Alvik the Cold on the third floor.
- Alvik the Cold (3rd floor)
Zone: Tower of Frozen Shadow: Shadowed Corridors
10. Return to Osh for your reward
Return to Osh to receive the Lodizal Shell Shield and The Legendary Lodizal Shell Shield.
- Osh
Zone: Great Divide

Tips

Keep Lasca's Beacon handy — you must contact Brother Lasca after each turtle spirit.
The four turtle clickables are in Tenebrous Tangle, Feerrott, Lesser Faydark, and Sinking Sands.
Tower of Frozen Shadow requires two separate visits — one for the resentful spirit, one for Alvik the Cold.

Guide adapted from EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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Quest information

Journal Category: Heritage (AA)
Introduced: Destiny of Velious
Journal Level: 90
Journal Difficulty: Heroic
Starting Zone: Great Divide
How to Start: Speak to Osh in Fina's Retreat at in the Great Divide to begin this quest.
Timeline: Great Divide Timeline

Source: EQ2 Fandom (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Timeline

Great Divide TimelineStep 3

Previous: Returning to Osh
Next: Questionable Faith

Rewards

Coin: 1,250,000

XP: 4,940

Reward data may be incomplete for choice rewards and conditional items.

The Essence of a Prophet

Walkthrough

How to start

Notes & prerequisites

Steps

1. Speak with Brother Cato

2. Speak with Brother Lasca

3. Defeat Nimbus, the air turtle spirit

4. Defeat Delmar, the water turtle spirit

5. Defeat Festus, the earth turtle spirit

6. Defeat Neci, the fire turtle spirit

7. Return to Osh

8. Speak to a resentful spirit

9. Kill Alvik the Cold

10. Return to Osh for your reward

Original sources

Quest information

Timeline

Rewards

Walkthrough

How to start

Notes & prerequisites

Steps

1. Speak with Brother Cato

2. Speak with Brother Lasca

3. Defeat Nimbus, the air turtle spirit

4. Defeat Delmar, the water turtle spirit

5. Defeat Festus, the earth turtle spirit

6. Defeat Neci, the fire turtle spirit

7. Return to Osh

8. Speak to a resentful spirit

9. Kill Alvik the Cold

10. Return to Osh for your reward

Original sources